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11.12.13 news 9 Spate of ‘potentially fatal crashes’ DISORDER Teenager in Viking arrests An Albert Town teenager appeared in court to face a raft of serious drug-dealing charges after a major undercover police bust in Wanaka. Monty Archie Vass, 19, a kitchen hand, appeared before Judge David Holderness in Queenstown District Court facing 23 drugdealing charges allegedly committed between July and October. No plea was entered to the charges; conspiring to supply MDMA, or an ecstasy analogue, 10 counts of offering to supply MDMA, six counts of offering to supply cannabis, procuring MDMA, three counts of offering to sell cannabis and offering to supply Ritalin. Vass was remanded in custody without plea to appear in the court on December 16. Eight people have been arrested so far after the undercover operation into an alleged LSD and ecstasy drug ring in Wanaka. Defendants include Daniel Miller, 29, plasterer, Oscar Jimmy Gold Arlidge, 28, Daimon Jon Schwalger, 41, Campbell Blair Smith, 28 and Tomu Filikitonga, 36. Scale of offending revealed DISORDER LAW & Court documents relating to Operation Canary – a large-scale cannabis dealing bust spanning CentralOtago and Southland – reveal the extent of drugs seized in Queenstown. Last month, Brian Anthony McCarthy, 63 and Brodie Raymond Anderson, 25, were sentenced to, respectively, four years’ three months jail and two years’ jail in the Invercargill High Court by Justice David Gendall. McCarthy, formerly of Arthurs Pt, was sentenced for 10 counts of cultivating cannabis, three counts of possession of cannabis for sale, conspiracy to sell cannabis and two counts of selling cannabis. Andersonwas sentenced for three counts of cultivating cannabis, six charges of possession of cannabis and 15 charges of offering to sell. Court documents say McCarthy was a major participant in the cannabis drug ring, set up substantial plots, harvested drugs and sold cannabis during offending between October 2008 and May last year. Seven of the 10 plots busted by police contained a total of 361 plants. When police busted a house in Kelvin Hts they recovered 53 pounds (24kg) of cannabis head. The drug production involved sophisticated plots, Justice Gendall said. ‘‘The offenders wore disguises and some carried firearms. The harvested cannabis which the police locatedwas premium quality and the majority of the cannabis had been packaged into sellable one pound bags.’’ The offending was placed in the most serious category 3 band using case law, involving largescale commercial growing, sophistication and organisation. Potential deaths in Kawarau Gorge Drivers crossing the centre line are to to blame for a spate of potentially fatal crashes in Central Otago recently, police say. Sergeant Simon Paget said Cromwell police attended three vehicle collisions in the space of a few hours on Sunday, including a head-on between a 29-year-old man from the United States who crashed into a 24-year-old Queenstown womanwhile he was driving on the wrong side of the road. Police charged theman with dangerous driving causing injury after he crashed into the woman about 5.20pm. The woman in the oncoming vehicle was injured and transported to Invercargill Hospital with a broken sternum and rib. On November 30 an American man drove two kilometres on the wrong side of the road after exiting the one lane Lindis Crossing Bridge. He collided head on with another vehicle. Fortunately no one was injured, Mr Paget said. Two other incidents on Sunday involved a 34-year-old Queenstownman losing control of his vehicle on State Highway 6 in the Kawarau Gorge about 4pm. The man who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, spun out and ended up down a bank. He was transported to the Cromwell Medical Centre by ambulance. He would appear in the Alexandra District Court charged with dangerous driving. At 5.20pm a 43-year-old Wanaka man crossed the centre line on State Highway 8B and collided with an oncoming vehicle. Hewas taken to Dunstan Hospital for observation. The driver of the other vehicle was unhurt. Surreal decision Tiffany checking in A man using the name Tiffany to allegedly obtain $600 worth of accommodation by fraud was arrested by Queenstown police on Saturday. He had tried to pay a Frankton Rd apartment accommodation bill with a card he was not entitled to use when police were alerted. Senior constable Chris Blackford said the man in hismid-20s was allegedly using a card bearing the name Tiffany Langley and urged retailers and accommodation providerswith any concerns to call police. American tourists on wrong side of road collide head-on with other cars A duty manager’s certificate has been suspended after she left her place of employment at 4.55am. Queenstown police applied for the suspension of Harmony Katarina Rata’s certificate last month on the grounds her conductwas unsuitable. A decision by the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority said Ms Rata and others left Surreal bar on October 15 about 4.55am. The manager was working that night and the bar was licensed between noon and 4am. The law says authorised personnel should leave premiseswithin 30 minutes of the end of service. The authority said the manager did not dispute the application and ordered a four-week suspension to December 2. The way the world communicates is changing, so New Zealand Post is working on new ways to meet your needs. This means there will be some changes to the way we deliver from mid 2015.There’s also a lot that will remain the same as it is today. Right now, and in the future, you can rely on us to: • Deliver 95% of standard mail within three working days • Provide a premium six-day a week overnight delivery service to most places • Deliver next-day to PO Boxes with BoxLink • Keep rural New Zealand connected • Remain the only national delivery network in New Zealand You can also find loads of great new services at nzpost.co.nz that are designed to make your life easier. Expect to hear more about our innovations and even more services that are on the way. PST0419